Went to eat dinner and Windows decided to have a serious error and ate my new league.
My team for the 1871 season
Ross Barnes 2b
Lip Pike CF
Fred Cone LF
Charlie Gould 1b
Joe Battin 3b
Pony Sager SS
John McMullin P
Paddy Quinn C
Frank Selman C
Jim Carelton 1b
Henry Kohler 1b
Nealy Phillips LF
Harry Berthrong LF
Rynie Wolters will be our pitcher
Baseball America Top 100 Prospects List Published
Monday, January 2nd, 1871: The season is about to start, so it's time for Baseball America to publish the annual Top 100 Prospects list. This year 20-year-old starting pitcher Al Spalding of the Brooklyn Atlantics is the #1 prospect overall.
Here is the top 10:
1) SP Al Spalding, 20, Brooklyn Atlantics
2) SP Bill Stearns, 17, Baltimore Canaries
3) SP Bobby Mathews, 19, St. Louis Brown Stockings
4) SP Dick McBride, 25, Cincinnati Reds
5) SP Al Pratt, 22, Boston Red Stockings
6) 2B Ross Barnes, 20, Philadelphia Athletics
7) 1B Cap Anson, 18, Cincinnati Reds
8) CF Lip Pike, 25, Philadelphia Athletics
9) SS George Wright, 23, Boston Red Stockings
10) C Cal McVey, 21, Chicago White Stockings